Ha, so I was jumping around looking for the same and found a guy on 15.016Mhz running through random characters phonetically and then signing, “this completes X characters, Horsefly out.” What the heck was that?
Regards, Jerry Jerry Hancock [email protected] (415) 215-3779 > On Feb 5, 2018, at 9:18 AM, Scott Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Graham, > > I am listening to one of those "time pips" on 30m right now. (1714 utc > 02/05/2018). > Frequency is 10.105. > > The best I can tell with my calibrated ears and eyes, it appears to be in > sync with WWV. Signal strength is about a s6-7. > > I also heard this on Saturday 02/03/2018 about the same frequency but > later in the day. > > -Scott AA5AM > EM13sg - Blue Ridge TX > > On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For some time there have been occasional reports of time pips on a number >> HF frequencies other than the well known CHU, WWV, (etc...) signals. >> >> For example 10140, 10145, 7040, 7065, 7105, 7120 kHz and likely others. >> >> The pips are approximately 15 to 16ms in duration and appear to locked to >> UTC but unlike WWV or CHU they are continuous minute by minute. >> >> Assuming the pips are synchronized to UTC, simply time of arrival with all >> of its issues on HF plus signal strength seems to indicated a source in >> North America. >> >> The frequencies and time of activity might indicate that it is some >> amateur radio operator playing around but it might not be, the amateur >> 10MHz frequencies is shared with other users. The pips seem to be >> transmitted at a fairly high power level. >> >> I know there is ongoing testing of eLoran and other initiatives >> researching GPS backup systems. >> >> Anyone aware of any group doing any such testing which might be found on >> HF like this? >> >> cheers, Graham ve3gtc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/m >> ailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
